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Web Design & Development
Francis is the owner of Croan.ie, the website design and development company. Croan.ie offers Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), e-Business consulting, website design, web development, web site hosting and website optimisation services in Ireland from its offices in Kilkenny and Cork. […]
Read MoreBusiness Development Consulting
For many start-ups and for some small & medium food manufacturers, running a business can be a confusing and isolating role. While Local Enterprise Offices can provide invaluable tools, navigating the services available can sometimes be as confusing as establishing […]
Read MoreWeb Education & Training
Having worked with Internet technologies since 1994 (that’s right – 1994!) I have witnessed the web evolve from a communication tool to the World’s most important marketing delivery channel. I can customise and deliver a wide range of internet marketing […]
Read MoreSmallholding & Lifestyle Training
All of these courses are hosted at Croan Cottages, the smallholding where I have lived since 2003. Introduction to Smallholding, these two day courses cover all of the basics: Living with Livestock:an introduction to sheep, goats pigs and cattle, Keeping […]
Read MoreThe Kitchen Garden Radio Show, 2nd November, 2018
It’s the Kitchen Garden Radio Show’s birthday, one whole year on the air and on the show this week we hear how the Introduction to Butchery classes went at Croan Cottages and how Halloween was spent in Kilkenny. We are […]
The Kitchen Garden Radio Show, 26th October, 2018
On the show this week Francis reports from Food On The Edge 2018 and illustrates it’s themes of Kitchen Culture, Waste Reduction and Early Food education: – There’s a description of the La Revolucion movement in Peru, bringing Food Education […]
The Kitchen Garden Radio Show, 19th October, 2018
On the show this week, we preview the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival with Committee Chairman Ger Mulally. Francis reports from The Green Barn at Burtown House where Gill Meller launched his new Cookbook, Time, in Ireland. There’s a report of […]